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Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1997

1997, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1997 covers 165 countries. Singapore is highest, at 2,063.000; Niger is lowest, at 0.050. The middle country reads 73.155. Against 1996, 152 values changed (83 up, 69 down), 1 country joined, 1 left.

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Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare · Data for 1997

HighestSingapore

2,063.000

LowestNiger

0.050

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1997, as published. FAO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 165 countries · select a heading to sort

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1997: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia2,063.000
2New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1,629.113
3IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1,553.672
4MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia1,408.799
5Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean1,298.701
6DominicaDMACaribbean1,000.000
7Costa RicaCRICentral America909.524
8United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia717.778
9South KoreaKOREastern Asia576.074
10NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe523.064
11United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean433.333
12SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe427.624
13French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia400.000
14EgyptEGYNorthern Africa388.188
15MauritiusMUSEastern Africa371.733
16IsraelISRWestern Asia357.143
17United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe356.470
18LebanonLBNWestern Asia336.443
19JapanJPNEastern Asia330.422
20Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean302.857
21BahrainBHRWestern Asia300.000
22ChinaCHNEastern Asia299.453
23SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe291.666
24Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean283.333
25CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe280.623

02In 1997

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Singapore2,063.000
  2. 2New Zealand1,629.113
  3. 3Ireland1,553.672
  4. 4Malaysia1,408.799
  5. 5Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1,298.701

Lowest

  1. 165Niger0.050
  2. 164Uganda0.119
  3. 163Central African Republic0.160
  4. 162Somalia0.479
  5. 161Rwanda0.500

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 73.155. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −1countries joined / left
  • 152values changed, of 164 in both
  • 83 · 69rose · fell
  • 12unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Cabo Verde− DR Congo

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1997.

  • 164 distinct values among 165

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 16 decimals. 2 countries share 200.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • The position is ours

    FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 165 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1997). Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertilizer-use/1997

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07Questions

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1997: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fertiliser use in Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1997?

Singapore, at 2,063.000, of the 165 countries in the file.

What year does Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1997 describe?

1997.

How many countries does Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1997 cover?

165.

Where can I download Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1997?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1997 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2023.

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